• Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:37 am | Statistics

    Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped... Read More »

  • Morgan Stanley and Foundry Commercial Exit Spring Arbor Portfolio

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:31 am | Acquisitions

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and Foundry Commercial have completed their exit from the Spring Arbor Senior Living portfolio through the sale of the remaining 11 assets. The seniors housing communities, located in Maryland and Virginia, comprise 795 assisted living and memory... Read More »

  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector Through Recapitalization

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:29 am | Acquisitions

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Countryside of Wichita Falls, a 50-unit assisted living community in Wichita Falls, Texas. The asset offered value-add potential through renovations, rebranding and a planned memory care addition. As occupancy began to improve, Blueprint launched a marketing process,... Read More »

  • Public REIT Divests to National Provider

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:27 am | Acquisitions

    A publicly traded REIT recently completed the wind down of its relationship with an outgoing operator through its sale of a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint handled the deal, targeting local, regional and national investors. A growing national provider was selected as the... Read More »

  • Multiple Buyers Acquire Skilled Nursing Beds

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:26 am | Acquisitions

    Under Ohio’s certificate of need regulations, skilled nursing beds can be transferred from counties deemed over-bedded to those experiencing a shortage. Taking advantage of this window, 12 separate sellers, motivated by downsizing, closures or strategic repositioning, transferred their beds with the help of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors. Ben... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust Transitioning 66 Communities

Diversified Healthcare Trust Transitioning 66 Communities

by | Jul 20, 2021 4:09 pm | Acquisitions

A few months ago, Diversified Healthcare Trust announced it would transition 108 of 228 senior living communities managed by Five Star Senior Living to new operators. It has now found three operators to take over management of 66 of them with 4,084 units, or 62 units per community.  The 108 communities have approximately 7,500 units, while the remaining 120 communities have about 18,000 units. So, the communities being transitioned to new operators are much smaller (average of 69 units) compared to the retained communities, with an average of 150 units.  Naperville, Illinois-based Charter Senior Living will be taking over management of communities in... Read More »
Care Investment Trust Partners With Phoenix Senior Living

Care Investment Trust Partners With Phoenix Senior Living

by | Oct 20, 2017 7:01 am | Acquisitions

Care Investment Trust joint ventured with Phoenix Senior Living for the second time this year, acquiring a 68-unit assisted living/memory care community in Albany, Georgia. Built in 1999, the community was formerly owned by the Phoebe Putney Health System, a not-for-profit health network in southwest Georgia. It now brings Phoenix’s operating portfolio to eight communities across the Southeast, not including three projects currently under construction. Jay Miele and Brady Stern of Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC advised Phoebe Putney on the transaction. Earlier this year, Care Investment Trust and Phoenix Senior Living partnered to acquired a 64-unit memory care community in Fayetteville, Georgia... Read More »
Two Southeast Sales from Senior Living Investment Brokerage

Two Southeast Sales from Senior Living Investment Brokerage

by | Apr 26, 2017 9:02 am | Acquisitions

Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage showed his strength in the Southeast, closing two transactions in Georgia and Florida. He first helped a partnership exit the seniors housing industry with the sale of their 64-unit memory care community in Fayetteville, Georgia (20 miles south of Atlanta). The partnership hadn’t been together long (the facility only opened in 2013), but a death within it affected the lease-up process and prompted the sale. The purpose-built community is currently 81% occupied, and working towards stabilization. Since it’s still in lease-up, it was offered at a slightly discounted price per unit, selling for $11 million, or $171,875 per unit. New... Read More »